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richparker
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Post deleted. For a second there I forgot that Robbie knows it all and everything someone else posts or says is just an opinion, never a fact and never correct.
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airschooled
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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“Feels like shit” is a personal preference. “Easy to push” is a statement.
Ever sat in SoCal traffic every day? You would think my clutch is the best in the world.
Having a broken ankle makes a difference; the bus is actually the easiest car for me to get in and out of, and there’s plenty of space for the boot. About halfway down the clutch pedal press is when the torn ligaments and broken ankle become the issue, not the boot... 
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70Crew
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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Anybody have one sitting around they could lend me? I’ll send it back in January after grinding off my fabrication tabs
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You know I do.... pm me.
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aeromech
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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Three points:
First, sorry you hurt yourself.
Second, there is no way that a scrawny leg is yours tough guy
Third, see if your health insurance will hire Skills to do the subby conversion with an automatic. <<<<< best answer
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| aeromech wrote: |
Three points:
First, sorry you hurt yourself.
Second, there is no way that a scrawny leg is yours tough guy
Third, see if your health insurance will hire Skills to do the subby conversion with an automatic. <<<<< best answer |
fourth point - Gary and his buddies will arrange to have your bus air-ferried to Skills. When Skills gets it he will work around the clock and sleep in his garage until it is finished. Then Gary and his buddies will arrange to have it air-ferried back to you.
Otherwise:
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aeromech
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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I’m good for gas money to Alpine
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alman72
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| that auto clutch for handicapable is nuts! I want that just for shits. |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| 67ctbug wrote: |
| Well that sucks Robbie... |
Well you got some lemons..........find the Vodka
Come up here. Finish my 74 and Ill let you borrow it for a couple of months
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aeromech
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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I was thinking of offering you some work but this Daddy don’t give no free rides. Let me know when you get better. Notice I didn’t say “well”. We all know that will never happen 😃
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vwwestyman
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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I once saw a car at a car show, Hudson I believe, that had a very obvious shifter, plus what looked like a shifter on the column. I asked the owner about this.
He explained that rather than an automatic, Hudson developed a vacuum controlled system to do all the clutching and shifting for you.
You just flipped the lever on the dash, and the clutch pedal would automatically go down as if pressed, the shifter would go into the selected gear, and then the clutch pedal would come back up. The shift rod wasn't normally installed for this use.
However, under a plate on the floor was a nub to attach the shift rod. Apparently, the system was pretty neat when it worked, but with all the vacuum connections and diaphragms and actuators, when it began to develop vacuum leaks, the engine would develop running issues and system was often removed, with a standard gear shifter installed.
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loveevan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 2:01 am Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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I have a Powerglide automatic transaxle in my early bay...
...and the Corvair aircooled 6 cylinder it mounts up to
works great! |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:11 am Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| richparker wrote: |
| Post deleted. For a second there I forgot that Robbie knows it all and everything someone else posts or says is just an opinion, never a fact and never correct. |
It's ok to forget this for a few seconds but not too long.
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notchboy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| richparker wrote: |
| Post deleted. For a second there I forgot that Robbie knows it all and everything someone else posts or says is just an opinion, never a fact and never correct. |
It's ok to forget this for a few seconds but not too long. |
We will always have the T3 head 
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airschooled
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:57 am Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| 67ctbug wrote: |
| Well that sucks Robbie... |
Well you got some lemons..........find the Vodka
Come up here. Finish my 74 and Ill let you borrow it for a couple of months |
Dang Jason, that's a hell of an offer. I 'supervised' Brian's engine RnR yesterday, aka handed him tools from my seat. For the few seconds I set my foot down to adjust my wedgie, it hurt like hell so I'm going to have to take a pass on any work at least for a week or two until the pain subsides.
Same to you Gary, I appreciate the work offer; I'll let you know when I'm feeling "well 'nuff." 
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I have a Powerglide automatic transaxle in my early bay...
...and the Corvair aircooled 6 cylinder it mounts up to
works great! |
Tell me more! Or come to Carmel Valley and I'll trade you buses for a bit. Buddy has to rack up another thousand miles if I want to hit 20k this year!
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SGKent
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| Buddy has to rack up another thousand miles if I want to hit 20k this year! |
park it down by San Ysidro, or leave it at the airport. When you find it again it will have a lot more than that. 
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| Hudson developed a vacuum controlled system to do all the clutching and shifting for you. |
the pre-war 41 Packard we restored in San Diego had a feature like that except that when the switch was on all one had to do was lift the foot off the gas and the increase in vacuum pulled the clutch pedal down. As gas was reapplied, and the vacuum decreased the pedal smoothly engaged the clutch. It was a servo made from steel and leather.
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airschooled
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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IF I find it again 
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The hand control clutch is working well enough, thanks for the inspiration Xevin.
We out here.
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alman72
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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| I pay in vicoden...(wait, that's frowned on pretty hard now) nevermind. |
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airschooled
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| alman72 wrote: |
| I pay in vicoden...(wait, that's frowned on pretty hard now) nevermind. |
Eh, I had some of that a few years ago and it messes with my my stomach too much... ...Flushed them a few days before I realized how much I could have sold them for....
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aeromech
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody put an automatic into an early bay? |
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.Flushed them a few days before I realized how much I could have sold them for
No wonder all the fish offshore are swimming sideways
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